• Power Saws Can't Play The Polka - You Need A Hand Saw

    From DerbyDad03@21:1/5 to All on Sat Jan 22 15:48:05 2022
    "Power Saws Can't Play The Polka" is the title of an article written about
    my grandfather in 1983. Grandpa played the saw, entertaining friends
    and family for over 6 decades. Not mentioned in the article is the fact
    that Grandpa took several trips to Nashville. On one trip he managed to
    get invited up on stage at the Grand Ole Opry to sit in with the band for
    few songs. He was not a shy man. ;-)

    Here's a copy of the article:

    https://i.imgur.com/KPDGbjT.jpg

    And the best dressed man in Chicopee, MA

    https://i.imgur.com/TuUP3wu.jpg

    As noted in the article, Grandpa eventually became a mason and home
    builder. This is the house that he built for his family in 1930, fairly early in
    his career. They lived in the basement while he was building the house in
    the evenings and on weekends. Note the brickwork over the bay window.

    https://i.imgur.com/UBG5GGI.jpg

    I miss him.

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  • From hubops@ccanoemail.ca@21:1/5 to teamarrows@eznet.net on Sat Jan 22 20:00:01 2022
    On Sat, 22 Jan 2022 15:48:05 -0800 (PST), DerbyDad03
    <teamarrows@eznet.net> wrote:

    "Power Saws Can't Play The Polka" is the title of an article written about
    my grandfather in 1983. Grandpa played the saw, entertaining friends
    and family for over 6 decades. Not mentioned in the article is the fact
    that Grandpa took several trips to Nashville. On one trip he managed to
    get invited up on stage at the Grand Ole Opry to sit in with the band for
    few songs. He was not a shy man. ;-)

    Here's a copy of the article:

    https://i.imgur.com/KPDGbjT.jpg

    And the best dressed man in Chicopee, MA

    https://i.imgur.com/TuUP3wu.jpg

    As noted in the article, Grandpa eventually became a mason and home
    builder. This is the house that he built for his family in 1930, fairly early in
    his career. They lived in the basement while he was building the house in
    the evenings and on weekends. Note the brickwork over the bay window.

    https://i.imgur.com/UBG5GGI.jpg

    I miss him.


    ... a lesser known saw-player : :-)

    https://jnpickens.files.wordpress.com/2011/07/4thmarlene.jpg

    Marlene Dietrich playing the saw between her knees
    for a military audience.

    John T.

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  • From DerbyDad03@21:1/5 to hub...@ccanoemail.ca on Sat Jan 22 17:10:47 2022
    On Saturday, January 22, 2022 at 7:57:59 PM UTC-5, hub...@ccanoemail.ca wrote:
    On Sat, 22 Jan 2022 15:48:05 -0800 (PST), DerbyDad03
    <teama...@eznet.net> wrote:

    "Power Saws Can't Play The Polka" is the title of an article written about >my grandfather in 1983. Grandpa played the saw, entertaining friends
    and family for over 6 decades. Not mentioned in the article is the fact >that Grandpa took several trips to Nashville. On one trip he managed to
    get invited up on stage at the Grand Ole Opry to sit in with the band for >few songs. He was not a shy man. ;-)

    Here's a copy of the article:

    https://i.imgur.com/KPDGbjT.jpg

    And the best dressed man in Chicopee, MA

    https://i.imgur.com/TuUP3wu.jpg

    As noted in the article, Grandpa eventually became a mason and home >builder. This is the house that he built for his family in 1930, fairly early in
    his career. They lived in the basement while he was building the house in >the evenings and on weekends. Note the brickwork over the bay window.

    https://i.imgur.com/UBG5GGI.jpg

    I miss him.
    ... a lesser known saw-player : :-)

    https://jnpickens.files.wordpress.com/2011/07/4thmarlene.jpg

    Marlene Dietrich playing the saw between her knees
    for a military audience.

    John T.

    Grandpa had a bigger bow...and was better dressed. ;-)

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  • From Michael Trew@21:1/5 to All on Sat Jan 22 20:50:23 2022
    On 1/22/2022 18:48, DerbyDad03 wrote:
    "Power Saws Can't Play The Polka" is the title of an article written about
    my grandfather in 1983. Grandpa played the saw, entertaining friends
    and family for over 6 decades. Not mentioned in the article is the fact
    that Grandpa took several trips to Nashville. On one trip he managed to
    get invited up on stage at the Grand Ole Opry to sit in with the band for
    few songs. He was not a shy man. ;-)

    Here's a copy of the article:

    https://i.imgur.com/KPDGbjT.jpg

    And the best dressed man in Chicopee, MA

    https://i.imgur.com/TuUP3wu.jpg

    As noted in the article, Grandpa eventually became a mason and home
    builder. This is the house that he built for his family in 1930, fairly early in
    his career. They lived in the basement while he was building the house in
    the evenings and on weekends. Note the brickwork over the bay window.

    https://i.imgur.com/UBG5GGI.jpg

    I miss him.

    What a cool story! I wish that I could hear him play "the saw". Thanks
    for sharing. I would love to see the Grand Ole Opry... some day.

    I never knew my father's father. Grandma remarried after he passed, and
    the man was several years grandma's senior; closer to the age of your grandfather perhaps. He was born in 1920, and him and his brother built
    his house, while my grandfather and his first wife lived in the cellar
    after WW2. The tiny "apartment" is still down there. He was Italian,
    and the kept the cellar kitchen as a "summer kitchen". I miss him as well.

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